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| 1 | 1 | 81R2305 JAM-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Wentworth S.B. No. 583 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the penalty for failure to yield the right-of-way. | |
| 8 | 8 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 9 | 9 | SECTION 1. Section 545.153, Transportation Code, is amended | |
| 10 | 10 | by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: | |
| 11 | 11 | (e) If it is shown on the trial of an offense under this | |
| 12 | 12 | section that as a result of the commission of the offense an | |
| 13 | 13 | accident causing injury to or the death of a pedestrian occurred: | |
| 14 | 14 | (1) the minimum fine applicable to the offense is | |
| 15 | 15 | twice the minimum fine that would otherwise be applicable to the | |
| 16 | 16 | offense; and | |
| 17 | 17 | (2) the maximum fine applicable to the offense is | |
| 18 | 18 | twice the maximum fine that would otherwise be applicable to the | |
| 19 | 19 | offense. | |
| 20 | 20 | SECTION 2. (a) The change in law made by this Act applies | |
| 21 | 21 | only to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this | |
| 22 | 22 | Act. For purposes of this section, an offense is committed before | |
| 23 | 23 | the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurs | |
| 24 | 24 | before that date. | |
| 25 | 25 | (b) An offense committed before the effective date of this | |
| 26 | 26 | Act is covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed, | |
| 27 | 27 | and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. | |
| 28 | 28 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |